Augustus Washington United States, Africa,19th Century Depicts a young woman with dark hair piled on top of her head with a small smile gracing her lips. Washington was an American photographer and daguerreotypist born as a free man in New Jersey and later immigrated to Liberia. Washington is one a few African American daguerreotypists with a documented career. Daguerreotype,Sight 2 3/4" x 2 1/4",Frame 3 5/8" x 3 1/8" Case marked "Washington Gallery 136 Main St. Hartford" on verso. From the collection of a Cumberland, Rhode Island gentleman.